Why is there not a dedicated, stickied beta update thread, as there is in most games?
Same question for regular updates.
I am tired of having to search for finding out what the latest updates are and where they are.

wbonx wrote: Fri Sep 26, 2025 4:13 pm

Vic wrote: Sun Sep 21, 2025 11:33 am very small update subversion C

We need more diplomacy, intrigue and trade stratagems!

Not really. I use diplo as little as possible and do not even activate the minister of espionage. Using them is just unfair to the AI.

The new empire and budget reports - I cannot find them. Do you have to start a new game?

Goody. I am just ready to start a new game. The arrival of this beta will keep me from having to play one of the many games I have bought, but never played, lol. The changes to atomics are of particular interest. They are not what I thought I wanted, but let's give them a try and see how things go ...

Huzzah!

I note that all of these problems were introduced with v1.27a.

Yes, I did a complete uninstall and reinstall. See this https://forums.matrixgames.com/viewtopic.php?t=412206

Did not fix it., I found and moved some of the missing files. I then re- installed all of the betas back to "n" and that got rid of some of the errors, but not all. I wound up tracking ...

I have been playing Shadow Empire since June of 2020 and I have to say that it has exceeded all expectations. It is still the “same” game, but much smoother. And I play it far more than anything else. The continuing improvements are always a cause for excitement! Based on my experiences playing the ...

I have a problem. I check this website 6 or 8 times a day, hoping for an update to the beta. I check every day, without fail, even if I am nowhere near a PC to actually use the update on. I just cannot help myself.....

See the end of this message for details on invoking
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

************** Exception Text **************
System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not find file 'K:\Matrix Games\Shadow Empire\graphics\shadow\complex1\tech\11.png'.
File name: 'K:\Matrix ...

I deleted Shadow Empire from my old hard drive and reinstalled it onto an SSD, all as part of an effort to speed up the game. After doing so, I found that upon booting the new installation (v1.27a) I was notified that three png files were missing. The re-installation order was Base game installer v1 ...

Edited the above for clarity.

I originally put this in the wrong place -

Possible error - Playing a game under v1.27a (game started under 1.26o2). Three times now I have had my cities nuked with the attack message saying that 2000 rads had been added to the hex. However, when I look at the hex, it has a zero rad count....? I ...

Possible error - Playing a game under v1.27a (game started under 1.26o2). Three times now I have had my cities nuked with the attack message saying that 2000 rads had been added to the hex. However, when I look at the hex, it has a zero rad count....? I also had some units in hexes adjacent to a ...

I found a newer version of the manual that has much of this information. I was reading an old manual.

Somewhere, in the manual or online, there is a detailed combat discussion that explains which equipment goes into the front or rear lines, order of fire, casualty allocation, what fires where, etc. etc. etc. Sadly the brain cells containing that information and where it resides died on either my ...

Huzzah for Vic!

Yeah. What you said.
I was fortunate and was able to retaliate fast enough in one game to slow down the missile rain long enough to get ahead of the other side. I still had 8 or 9 cities nuked and saw well over half of my army melt away. It was a darn close run thing.

I forgot to mention, when building solar at your cities it is wise to put some of it OUTSIDE the city so that it does not get blasted. That way it can function so long as sufficient pop remains.

Thank you. I thought I had seen something about it, but I could not find it.